LCC4 Relay/Sandic

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Brîlnia nastúi

Ame wenai axtag o klamek toadab klé.
Brîl atian baxma ân asem.
Ba brîl baxmî: "Lēé ame! Wenarai lēéahl! Frn lēé emac! Olēéahl kuname me!"
Ba ame axaen:" Ân oteahl kuname pé? Kia? Wî béenúb me péneot sa."
Ba brîl baxbas: "Béenú lēé? Nuv béenú lēé eneot bas, a ebas ân olēéahl kuname me. Rial kiab lēémî?"
Ba ame axmî: "Rial jéd emî!"
Kilúb ba brîl axteka dé jebé ba. O réjgrao ba perad, kilú ba brîl baxmî:
"Bal fian lēémî... rac?"

Vocabulary

• brîl — goat
• nia — uncertain (some / a)
• nastú — rude / mean / unkind
• ame — woman
• wena — beautiful
• tag — to ride
• o — on
• klamek — horse
• toada — bridge
• klé — on / along / with
• ma — to make / to do / to cause
• sem — stop
• mî — say
• Lēé — vocative, you fml./respectful
• ahl — to be
• frn — from, because of
• mac — to enjoy, to be happy
• kuname — wife
• me — my
• aen — smile / laugh
• Ân — that / if
• pé — your (informal)
• kia — what? / huh?
• wî — also / even
• béenú — name
• me — my
• neot — not, don’t
• sa — to know
• bas — to ask
• nuv — about
• rial — as a reply, adv.
• jéd — this
• kilú — head
• teka — to cut / to slice
• dé — from (place of origin of a movement)
• jebé — body
• réjgrao — shore
• perad — river
• Bal — is it true that
• fian — to me
• rac — yes

Grammar notes

Pronouns

Subject pronouns:

• Ba — it (also ‘the’)

Posessive pronouns:

• me — my
• ba — its
• lēé — your, fml.
• pé — your, informal.

Genitive pronouns:

• fian — to me
• atian — to her

Verbs

Verbs are conjugated by adding a pronoun marker and tense marker (if the verb is other than present tense) to the verb. To save you time, I’ll only list the ones used here.

Example verb: kaja (to thank)

Present:

• bakaja — it thanks
• akaja — she thanks
• lēékaja — you (fml.) thank

Past:

• baxkaja — it thanked
• axkaja — she thanked

Command / Suggestion:

• Otekaja — let me thank / I should thank
• Obakaja — let it thank / it should thank
• Otakaja — let her thank / she should thank

Possession

A note about possession: when one noun is possessing another and no pronoun is used for either of them, then it’s understood that the second noun in the sequence owns the first.

Brîl ba ame - (‘goat the woman’) = the woman’s goat.

A Rude Goat

A beautiful woman rode on a horse along a bridge.
A goat made her stop.
The goat said: "O woman! You are very beautiful! I like you! You should be my wife!"
The woman laughed: "I should be your wife? You don't even know my name."
The goat asked: "Your name? I did not ask about your name. Rather, I said that you should be my wife. What is your reply?"
The woman said: "I say this in reply!"
The woman cut the goat's head from its body. On the shore of the river, the goat's head said:
"So does that mean you say to me... yes?"